mbira

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5

Definition of mbira

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A thumb piano, a musical instrument having a small sound box fitted with a row of tuned tabs that are plucked with the thumbs, originating among the Shona of southern Africa; any type of plucked lamellophone of the same type as the Shona instrument.

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Etymology

From Shona mbira (“thumb piano”).

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